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The cosmic story of us wasn’t inevitable, but the culmination of many chance events. By the time our planet was four billion years old, the rise of large plants and animals […]
Her support of Democratic candidates has the alt-right furious.
New research published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences used survey data from 2 million Americans to examine the links between climate change and mental health issues.
It’s okay to be skeptical. That’s why we have evidence. In all of human history, only 24 people have ever flown to the vicinity of the Moon, traveling hundreds of […]
A new computer model suggests that the 21st century will have more frequent hurricanes of staggering force.
Iceland just passed a law that changes its organ donor program from ‘opt-in’ to ‘opt-out’, a move that effectively turns every citizen into a donor unless otherwise specified.
As victor of WWII, America set out with its allies to rebuild the broken world through its greatest diplomatic effort in history: The Marshall Plan.
Three commercially released facial-analysis programs from major technology companies demonstrate both skin-type and gender biases, according to new research.
The era of cheap energy is coming to an end and societies will need to reshape energy consumption and infrastructure or face consequences, warns a new scientific background paper issued to the United Nations.
To raise awareness on one of the biggest environmental challenges of our time, the team partnered up with Adidas and Parley, a campaign group working to stop waste plastic getting into the oceans.
A new study published in the Astrophysical Journal Letters provides even more reason to think Ross 128 b, the second closest exoplanet to Earth, could harbor life.
Explore McLuhan’s theory on print culture and its influential hold over civilization.
Amazon could be the next big tech firm to find itself in the eye of a data privacy storm.
Many school districts are switching over to a four day week. Is this a good idea?
A comprehensive energy efficiency infographic that lays out the ways you can make a home energy efficient, from smart window treatments and roofing to walls and doors.
The pressure of getting into a top-tier college seems to have influenced the ways teenagers sort themselves into cliques.
A one-on-one conversation is a valuable opportunity to connect with someone and to benefit from what they have to say. Unfortunately, these chats tend to happen in the middle of […]
These great thinkers remind us that taking an unpopular, bold stance might not be madness.
The Dalai Lama is important, so important that he might decide not to come back after his next death.
It’s just the current cycle that involves opiates, but methamphetamine, cocaine, and others have caused the trajectory of overdoses to head the same direction
The Dr. Data Show is a new web series that breaks the mold for data science infotainment, captivating the planet with short webisodes that cover the very best of machine learning and predictive analytics.
Researchers at Japan’s Tohoku University might be clearing the way for space travel.
Drinking home alone in your underwear just might be what you need to be as relaxed as the Finnish.
“People should be free to walk down the street without being watched by the government.” — ACLU and a coalition of civil rights groups
More and more research points to a serious mistake we made in how biomechanics works.
A federal judge ruled Tuesday that AT&T may purchase Time Warner, without any conditions, arguing that the $85 billion deal doesn’t violate antitrust law.